I took my son right after the checkride. But right now I haven't been in a
plane for a couple months due to work/weather/rental bird availability, so
wouldn't do it today if the plane was available. Would take a bit of time
with an instructor and some solo time first (even though I could *legally*
strap him in and go). Maybe that will change in a few hundred hours (100
now), but right now I still prefer the reality check with the instructor
(or at least some solo practice) if I haven't been in the plane for more
than a month or so.


Fred Choate wrote:

Hello All....

This may sound silly, but I would like to hear some opinions on a matter
presented to me this evening.

I recently got my ticket. I started 5 years ago, and due to certain
circumstances, I had to take 4 1/2 years off, then I picked up and did 10
more hours of training to prep for the checkride. My total hours to date
are 63.8 with 26.7 of those being solo time.

Okay, that being said, my In-Laws made a comment to me tonight about
flying
with my children. Actually, they put it in the context of "do you really
think it is a good idea to fly with your children until you get more
hours....." followed by "....Larry (one of the In-Laws) didn't fly with
family members until he had 300 hours....".

I didn't even respond. My question to you folks is simply, how long did
you all wait before you decided it was safe to fly with your family?
Myself.....my kids were the first passengers I took up, and I felt
completely safe, prepared, and at ease with them in the aircraft with me.

Comments?

Fred